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It's also tricky to avoid the bats unless you're just dashing down as fast as you can. But that helps balance it out \ud83e\udd14\n\nOverall it's pretty cool and it could shape up into a cute casual game if you add some more content :D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":666615,"author_name":"jaybaus","author_uid":"jaybaus","epoch":1619641135,"text":"A neat little game with cute graphics, nice job :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":666726,"author_name":"Bobafett89","author_uid":"bobafett89","epoch":1619641722,"text":"This is very addictive, i like art, sound design and gameplay. Good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":666974,"author_name":"BoxedMeatRevolution","author_uid":"boxedmeatrevolution","epoch":1619643020,"text":"Very fun to control and upgrade the mole! It was very satisfying to find big patches of gems, especially when they had those elusive purple ones. After I got the emerald helmet I had enough upgrades that I could just hold down and zoom through the ground, racking up lots of gems. Eventually bats stopped spawning, and then a little later the game froze, and Monty was left hanging in space forever. I think he died doing what he loved.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld48\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gabrielshaw.itch.io\/monty-the-mole","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"75828","g_author":"1136562","g_event":"LD48","g_eventkey":"109","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"370354","g_title":"Monty the Mole","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"4","g_site2_node_id":"240236","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"240236","n_urlkey":"370354","n_parent":"233335","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/monty-the-mole","n_slug":"monty-the-mole","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"136562","n_created":"1618892402","n_modified":"1778358069","n_version":"769615","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD48","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":136562,"body":"Monty the Mole is in a tough situation. 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